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Hidden Stories of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry: Personal Reflections
Richard Stone
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Description for Hidden Stories of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry: Personal Reflections
Paperback. This unique book provides an insider's view of the seminal inquiry into Stephen Lawrence's murder. This accessible and engaging book includes analysis of hitherto inaccessible transcripts which show how the Inquiry was undermined to the point of failure to produce the desired results. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; JFSL3; JKSW1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320.
Young people who come into contact with police officers on the streets today have little idea of the significance of the stabbing to death of Stephen Lawrence in a racist attack in 1993. Only their parents or grandparents remember the daily exposures of police incompetence and indirect racism which were given high profile in the media for six months. The repercussions of the case are still ongoing with the long overdue conviction in 2012 of two of the original suspects, and in the same year a number of racist assaults by police. This accessible and engaging book includes analysis of ... Read more
Young people who come into contact with police officers on the streets today have little idea of the significance of the stabbing to death of Stephen Lawrence in a racist attack in 1993. Only their parents or grandparents remember the daily exposures of police incompetence and indirect racism which were given high profile in the media for six months. The repercussions of the case are still ongoing with the long overdue conviction in 2012 of two of the original suspects, and in the same year a number of racist assaults by police. This accessible and engaging book includes analysis of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447308478
SKU
V9781447308478
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99-50
About Richard Stone
Dr Richard Stone was a panel member of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry into racism in policing (1997/99) as Adviser to the judge Sir William Macpherson. He was then Chair of the Jewish Council for Racial Equality. His Independent Review of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry 10 Years On (richardstonesli.wordpress.com) was launched by the Justice and Home Secretaries at their 10th anniversary ... Read more
Reviews for Hidden Stories of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry: Personal Reflections
"It is apt and timely that Dr Stone should reveal detail from the (only now available) transcript evidence, modulated through his own cool, scientific and humanely liberal interpretation of this important event. " Dr Bryn Caless, Senior Lecturer in Policing , Canterbury Christ Church University "Going through the Inquiry was a reminder of the pain of losing my son: ... Read more